Reports & Publications
Books
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| Software Change Management: Case Studies and Practical Advice, Microsoft Press, 2011. |
This book presents ten learning experiences via case studies that readers can use to understand the issues in and sharpen their skills when implementing change organizationally. |
| Software Maintenance Success Recipes, Auerbach Publishers, 2011. |
This book builds on the results of three years of study to help readers understand how to succeed when trying to keep software up-to-date and operational in a maintenance environment. |
| Software Management, 7th Edition, IEEE Computer Society, 2006. |
The 7th edition of this popular text has been updated with materials to help readers better manage their software projects and the risks impacting delivery. |
| The Poor Person's Guide to Estimating Software Costs, IEEE ReadyNote, 2006.. |
This guide offers a step-by-step process for estimating software costs. It provides formulas that software developers use to estimate the effort involved in delivering software. |
| Making the Software Business Case, Addison-Wesley, 2001. | This book helps engineers to justify expenditures and prepare successful business cases. It provides useful examples of what to and what not to do via case studies. |
| Software Cost Estimation with COCOMO II, Prentice-Hall, 2000. |
This textbook explains the COCOMO II model and discusses how to use it to develop accurate cost and schedule estimates for software projects. |
| Practical Software Reuse, John Wiley & Sons, 1997. |
This book provides readers with suggested ways to introduce software product line, architecture and reuse concepts into their organizations. |
Reports
The following reports are available for download.
| Let the Numbers do the Talking (Download 135kb Adobe Acrobat Document) | Mar 2002 | This paper provides software cost and productivity benchmarks for twelve application domains. |
Software Productivity Benchmarking Report |
Jun 2011 | This report provides our most current software cost, productivity and quality benchmarks. It sells for $2,000/copy. Those interested in puchasing a copy should contact us at info@reifer.com. |